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PFBTOPS(1) General Commands Manual PFBTOPS(1)

NAME

pfbtops - translate a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

pfbtops [ -v ] [ pfb_file ]

DESCRIPTION

pfbtops translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII, splitting overlong lines in text packets into smaller chunks. If pfb_file is omitted the pfb file will be read from the standard input. The ASCII format PostScript font will be written on the standard output. PostScript fonts for MS-DOS are normally supplied in .pfb format.
The resulting ASCII format PostScript font can be used with groff. It must first be listed in /share/groff/1.22.1/font/devps/download and /share/groff/1.22.1/font/devpdf/download.

OPTIONS

-v
Print the version number.

SEE ALSO

grops(1), gropdf(1)
30 December 2012 Groff Version 1.22.1
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